In which epidemiologists tell us what we already knew
I’m on the editorial board of Transportation Research Part A, and it’s an excellent journal by any measure. But one article this morning seemed so promising, and then rather failed to deliver:...
View ArticleLA Will Lead in Electric Vehicle Sales?
UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation has a nice report out that is getting some press: LA is expected to be a leader in electric vehicle sales. Here’s a quote from the KCET story: What does that mean in...
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Hilter rants about Carmageddon
For reasons beyond me, the New York Times and other national news outlets appear to be interested in Carmageddon, which is what we here Los Angelenos have dubbed the plan to close the 405 (aka the San...
View ArticleA primer on CAFE standards and “Better Than Nothing” Policies
My brilliant colleague, Richard Green, an economist, is acting like an economist about CAFE standards over on his blog. I have a retort, though an addled one. Peter Gordon, another brilliant and...
View ArticleMe writing in the Los Angeles Times this morning
I wrote an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times on the Greek privatization issue. It appears here. Here are some of the assets the Greeks are selling off. The post Me writing in the Los Angeles Times this...
View ArticleObama’s new CAFE Standards as a tax break
Eagle-eyed reader Don C referred me to this nice Op-Ed from the statesman.com Ready for an Obama Tax Break: TxDOT might not be by Ben Wear. The key point: Hang on first for some math. Let’s say a...
View ArticleThe Electric DeLorean
I don’t drive, and I couldn’t afford a $90K car even if I did, but I am still ridiculously excited about the prospect the DeLorean will return as an EV. Gullwing doors! For added impracticality. The...
View ArticleIn which I discuss Federal Transport Policy for USC’s Road to the Whitehouse...
Now that Rick Santorum has left the race, everything is much less interesting, and I have to go back to real work. However, if you wish to spend some time listening to me wax eloquent, here is a link....
View ArticleRay Bradbury on why cars are evil, the freedom and discipline you need as a...
This is about a half hour long, but I promise you, you won’t regret watching, if only for the terrific glimpse at what Venice, CA, was, before it redeveloped. The post Ray Bradbury on why cars are...
View ArticleCars and guns do kill people, which is why we have redesigned cars and worked...
One of the more popular memes flying around my pro-gun-loving friends on Facebook that either features Stewie noting that if guns kill people, then spoons make people fat and pencils cause grammar...
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